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Nato: first Slovenian military contingent leaves for Latvia

Fri, 09/06/2017 - 09:11

(ANSA) - LUBIANA - Slovenia's first military contingent
leaves for Latvia to take part in Nato's peace-keeping mission.
The 47 members of the contingent, who will join the Canadian
battalion deployed in the Baltic republic, will be engaged in
exercises, training and other activities aimed at strengthening
the North Atlantic presence in the region, even to enhance
security in the Latvian republic that feels vulnerable along its
eastern border.
The enhanced forward presence, which will integrate with the
existing armed forces, is going to be temporarily deployed to
represent an immediate response to any aggression. Moreover,
participating in this mission aims at improving the efficiency
of operations shared with allied forces and the ability of the
Slovenian military to fight. (ANSA).

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